Happy Halloween! www.hempressbooks.com/shop/p/denma...

Hem Press' response to @prototypepubs.bsky.social open letter: hempress.substack.com/p/a-response...

Off to post some incredible books!

Checking stock this afternoon reminded us just how brilliant Ali Graham is...

Off to post some incredible books!

Checking stock this afternoon reminded us just how brilliant Ali Graham is...

Hem Press' editor had the great pleasure of sitting down with Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social to talk about bpNichol! You can watch it here (due to a technical mishap, you only see Gregory's screen). www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6-...

Hem Press' editor had the great pleasure of sitting down with Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social to talk about bpNichol! You can watch it here (due to a technical mishap, you only see Gregory's screen). www.youtube.com/watch?v=md6-...

This libel has been circulating online for months now. Bad Betty are infamous only for their professionalism. Hem's editor has worked with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in varying capacities over the years. HLR is a personal friend of Hem's editor. The others cited are respected poets.

#SealeyChallenge- Days 17 & 18 These seemed to speak to each other or make a connection somehow with their layers of voices, ideas and narratives. Day 17 Rupert Loydell's 2011 Shearsman Books collection, Wildlife. Day 18 is Nikki Dudley 's Hem Press collection Exorcism Becomes Habit from 2023

Following the UK's new data laws about adult content, why not buy some contemporary erotic poetry by @amandaearl.bsky.social from the Hem Press store? www.hempressbooks.com/shop

Anyhow if you haven't already here's the part where I tell you you should buy a copy from the excellent @hempressbooks.bsky.social:

Following the UK's new data laws about adult content, why not buy some contemporary erotic poetry by @amandaearl.bsky.social from the Hem Press store? www.hempressbooks.com/shop

Initial emails were replied to. The contact at Elgin was delayed in responding. Other Elgin contacts DMed Hem Press authors. These comms were also replied to. @juleigh.bsky.social I do not expect this to be raised publicly, especially before eligibility has been confirmed and announced. [1/2]

I’m starting a poetry reading and reviewing challenge from now until October. And what better choice for my first book than ‘Exorcism Becomes Habit’ by @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social published by @hempressbooks.bsky.social. You can read the review here: leiabutler.com/2025/05/29/e...

An Update on Hem Press hempress.substack.com/p/an-update-...

Revisiting this podcast interview Hem Press' editor did with Ali Graham. Good times! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zel6...

#FF It’s National Hot Tub Day! Give some ❤️ and a follow to these folks in the lit community beginning with “H”: @hapterapress.bsky.social @hauntpublishing.bsky.social @haydensferryreview.bsky.social @headlightant.bsky.social @hempressbooks.bsky.social @hollowoakpress.bsky.social Cont ⬇️

It was a joy to blurb Leia's new book from Steel Incisors!

THREAD Hem Press' most recent release is Medea Redux/Hares on the Mountain by Ali Graham. Medea Redux/Hares on the Mountain creates narratives and counter-narratives through a selection of sources, among them the titular myth, Fred Moten and Pasolini. [Cont.]

Continuing our showcase of Hem Press titles! An Aura of Plasma Around the Sun by Maria Sledmere drifts between dream memoir, jumpcut verse and psychedelic fiction. Milk by Briony Hughes redefines the body through lyric poetry, found language and visual texts. Available from hempressbooks.com/shop

Chicago friends: Copies of my book DENMARK: Variations are now available at @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social in Wicker! A collection of sixty sets of instructions for variations on the play Hamlet, from the impossible to the unlikely to the illegal. @hempressbooks.bsky.social

My #LiftToTheSky today is brilliant @brihughespoet.bsky.social for championing small poetrypresses & whose own work is thrillingly innovative & full of complex subtleties @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @hempressbooks.bsky.social @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social (pic) #RHUL @brokenspinearts.bsky.social

Great audience for last night's @hempressbooks.bsky.social takeover event w/thanks to @brihughespoet.bsky.social and to Hem editor Richard Capener. I performed a sound piece through a gag (bandage) and continued my exploration of waste. Great chats with people afterwards!

London! This is tonight!

Hem Press authors!!! London!!! 21st January!!!

At the edge of the world, Someone will explain. I believe this. I Know I will live to experience all I cannot bear And I hate when the world gets me so ashamed Ali Graham, Medea Redux / Hares on the Mountain, from @hempressbooks.bsky.social

After months, due to Amazon, this was finally delivered to Hem Press HQ. @whatisapoem.bsky.social

London! The @royalholloway.bsky.social Small Press Takeover kicks off with this event featuring @hempressbooks.bsky.social poets @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social @brihughespoet.bsky.social & me (see angrystarlings.bandcamp.com/album/echolo...) I'll be sharing some new sound stuff & new text poetry.

Hem Press authors!!! London!!! 21st January!!!

If you like narrative verse, visual poetry, experimental lyric, hybrid fiction, memoir and sound poetry, then check out the Hem Press store! Hempressbooks.com/shop

A happy and blessed 2025 to Hem Press readers and our wider creative networks!

Does anyone know of any book distributors Hem can pursue in the New Year?

A roundup of poemy and arty stuff I’ve done this year, inc shout-outs to some lovely people, inc @amandaearl.bsky.social @jpseabright.bsky.social @danpower.bsky.social @hempressbooks.bsky.social @foimage.bsky.social @icefloepress.bsky.social thebirdking.com/2024/12/15/t...

A new Substack post briefly reviewing 2024! hempress.substack.com/p/2024

Continuing our showcase of Hem Press titles! An Aura of Plasma Around the Sun by Maria Sledmere drifts between dream memoir, jumpcut verse and psychedelic fiction. Milk by Briony Hughes redefines the body through lyric poetry, found language and visual texts. Available from hempressbooks.com/shop

It's Cyber Monday -- did you know if you buy DENMARK: VARIATIONS on the internet @hempressbooks.bsky.social will send it to you ALL THE WAY FROM THE UK no questions asked?

THREAD Hem Press' most recent release is Medea Redux/Hares on the Mountain by Ali Graham. Medea Redux/Hares on the Mountain creates narratives and counter-narratives through a selection of sources, among them the titular myth, Fred Moten and Pasolini. [Cont.]

2/2 Here: www.hempressbooks.com/shop/p/what-we-did-during-the-apocaypse-the-archive-of-the-babel-tower-notice-board worth checking out if you’re interested in radical/subversive literature of any kind. I’ll try and dig out my original to share…

Hello! We're a Glasgow-based indie press that can be found on hempressbooks.com We have a sound poetry imprint: angrystarlings.bandcamp.com The editor also runs an occasional podcast, which recently hosted @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social: m.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Enjoy!

Hem Press' editor is overjoyed to be featured on Futch Journal today.

Hello! We're a Glasgow-based indie press that can be found on hempressbooks.com We have a sound poetry imprint: angrystarlings.bandcamp.com The editor also runs an occasional podcast, which recently hosted @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social: m.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Enjoy!

Hem Press has teamed up with Cambridge Writing School to deliver free guest lectures! Be sure not to miss James Knight and Maria Sledmere.

Ali Graham's Hem Press title spotted in the National Poetry Library!

Hem Press' editor has a new chapbook out from C22 Open Editions! You can read it for free digitally or purchase a print copy. richardcapener.substack.com/p/my-new-cha...

Check it out! Morgiana Podcast has interviews with TWO Hem Press authors: Penn Kemp and Ali Graham! youtube.com/playlist?lis...